[CNBC] Black Friday shoppers spent a record $9.8 billion in U.S. online sales, up 7.5% from last year [Reuters] US Black Friday sales rise 2.5% -Mastercard [...]

[Reuters] ‘A lot quieter’ Black Friday brings out discount hunters [Reuters] Second hostage-for-prisoners release looms, Egypt sees ‘positive [...]

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! This week HAI is just prices. This author wishes all of you the happiest of happy Thanksgivings! See you next week! Weekly [...]

Notable developments for two key facets of the global government finance Bubble this week. November 21 – Financial Times (George Steer): “Hedge funds [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Get Lift as Lagarde Signals Pause: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Holds Decline as OPEC+ Dispute Clouds Outlook for Production [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] European Stocks Struggle as PMIs Show Contraction: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Dragged Lower as OPEC+ Discord Forces Delay to Key [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks, Bonds, Dollar Waver After ‘Mixed’ Data: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Brent Oil Dips Below $80 as OPEC+ Talks Get Rocky Before [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stock Rally Seen Stretched: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Gold hits over 2-week peak on softer dollar, Fed minutes in spotlight [Yahoo/Bloomberg] As [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Dollar Extends Drop; Microsoft Gains on AI Hires: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Dollar drops to two-month low, yen hits 6-1/2 week high [Reuters] [...]

[Reuters] Hamas battles Israeli forces in north Gaza amid hopes of hostage deal [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Israel Latest: Iranian-Backed Houthi Rebels Said to Hijack [...]

Confidence Bubbles and Pipe Dreams This week, the stock market boomed. The number one instigator for the bullish surge in equity prices was a [...]

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead: After breathtaking surge, US stocks’ path may rest on economic soft landing [Politico] How a flood of congressional [...]

Good to see U.S./China tensions ease. It’s clearly in both countries’ interest. Especially with war raging in Gaza, President Biden could sure use a [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks, Bonds Rise as Rate-Cut Conviction Builds: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Collapses Into Bear Market as Robust Supply Pressures [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stock Rally Pauses as Weak Earnings Sour Sentiment: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Stocks Fall as Traders Unimpressed by Xi-Biden [...]